Marc Fleury
(Credit: Heise)I was fortunate to spend most of my evening here in Atlanta with JBoss founder Marc Fleury. The second-to-last time I had seen Marc, he had cursed me (literally) for hiring away one of his employees (that employee joined us tonight--all is forgiven :-). The next and last time I saw him he told me he was going to bury my company (or, at least, compete with us).
Tonight, however, Marc was mellow. He strikes me as someone who is at peace, perhaps for the first time in years. He looks great. Seriously. Maybe that's the two weeks he just spent in Spain with family, but I also think he has managed to let money be good for him, rather than a cancer.
Yes, the "old Marc" occasionally flared up, and thankfully so. The industry was better for having had Marc in it. But now he definitely comes across as someone who is looking forward, not backward. He pointed out his "Wicked" T-shirt, but it's from the Broadway musical, not a death-metal band. He's changed.
We talked about a range of things, from his kids (he loves them) to his DJ'ing job (still at it). Oh, and we also plowed through his lessons learned from JBoss.
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